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Fewer polling booths for student elections due to lack of workers
THE ONE AND ONLY—Trojan wearing the cape was a member of the winning team in Greek Week's chariot race. Only one fraternity entered the event, and consequently, they won. DT photo by Mark Kariya.
A lack of student volunteers has caused the reduction in the number of Student Senate polling booths from six to four this year, said Steve Pacini, chairman of the senate’s Joint Elections and Credentials Committee.
Pacini said his committee had relied on campus service groups, such as the Helenes and Phrateres, to provide manpower for the booths during the two-day election.
Booths were open Tuesday at Tommy Trojan, Troy Hall, Men’s Residence West and Founders Hall. Pacini said these polling places were opened based on a priority system that took into account the number of people who voted at each booth last year.
If there had been more workers booths would have been opened at Fagg Park, which is across from the Women’s Complex, and Vivian Hall of Engineering. Pacini was looking for volunteers to man the polls today.
A representative from the senate committee attended meetings of Helenes and Phrateres to seek participation on a work schedule for the polls. Pacini said there were not enough volunteers to insure the opening of all six booths.
Passage of tax-limitation initiative may prevent scholarship increases
By Carole Long
Staff Writer
Passing of the Jarvis-Gann tax-limitation initiative would prevent any future increases in state scholarships, said Betsy Bildsoe, administrative assistant to Morgan Adelle, executive director of the Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities.
"The initiative (if passed) will put such a burden on state treasury that it will be impossible for them to approve any increases in scholarships. They will be concentrating on cutting back,” Bildsoe said.
The present amount of state scholarship aid given to students attending a private institution ranges from $600-2.700. The maximum of $2,700 has existed for the past three years.
Last year the association presented governor Brown with a bill that would increase the maximum to $3200. Brown vetoed the bill in September, but a new bill with some modifications has been drafted and will have its first hearing April 19.
The new bill differs from the vetoed bill by increasing the maximum California State Scholar-
ship level to $3,000 instead of $3,200. The new maximum would affect both the new and renewal applicants, while the first bill only included new applicants.
“We feel more optimistic about this bill and have received indications that Brown will be more favorable to it,” Bildsoe said.
"But if the Jarvis-Gann initiative is passed then all our efforts will be for nothing and the maximum will remain the same indefinitely,” she said.
Leona Magidson, secretary-treasurer for the United Organization of Taxpayers, a property tax organization in support of the Jarvis Initiative, agreed that state scholarships would not be increased if the initiative is passed.
“The government is going to have to cut someplace and scholarship funds will probably be one area. We can’t go on giving out what we haven’t got. The golden egg just can’t give out any more." Magidson said.
Magidson felt, however, that the reduction of property taxes which the Jarvis-Gann Initiative supports, is more important than a cutback in state scholarship funds.
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The committee also asked for assistance from fraternities and sororities but did not receive any response, he said.
Some booth workers said many Helenes and Phrateres had volunteered because of the disorganized manner in which the committee asked for volunteers.
One Helenes member working in front of Tommy Trojan said volunteers were asked to make a two-day commitment to work when most people could work for only one day. She said the volunteers were asked to work the same hour each day, which was difficult because few people have the same class schedule two days in a row.
Workers in front of Men’s Residence West said they volunteered but no one on the election committee had explained to them what had to be done.
The workers were not told they were supposed to pick up the ballots themselves.
Pacini said members of the committee were asking anyone to man the booths.
Pacini said there should be enough people involved in student government to man the booths but they just would not do it. All the people assisting the senate should consider elections the most important part of the process, but it isn’t the case, Pacini said, adding that this problem shouldn’t exist.
Pacini called voter turnout moderate. Last year more than 2$% of the undergraduate population participated in the elections.
The results of elections will be released this evening if there are no appeals or complications, he said.
Commuter ballot count withheld pending ruling
The Student Senate’s Joint Elections and Credentials Committee has decided to leave the commuter ballots uncounted until a ruling is made on an appeal concerning five commuter candidates.
The ballots will be tallied after the President’s Advisory Council’s Commission on Elections and Credentials has made a decision.
"The President’s Advisory Council requested us to seal the ballot, and I think it was the fairest thing to do,” said Steve Pacini, chairman of the committee.
The committee considered two appeals Monday claiming campaign spending by the five commuters exceeded the $75-limit imposed by the Student Senate.
The commuters on the ticket are Dan Suruki. Michael Kulwiec, Chris Dombrowski, Nancy Somers and Mark Kaufman.
Pacini said the Council will make its decision by the beginning of next week.
Paul Montgomery, a senate candidate from the student community. appealed to the committee in Tuesday's meeting to investigate the campaign spendings of Steve Johnson and Lisa Lawrence, who are also running on a student community ticket.
Montgomery said Johnson and Lawrence had printed over 2,000 pamphlets that could not have cost less than $75.
After hearing Montgomery’s testimony, the committee decided the two candidates were not guilty of violating procedures based on the facts presented to date.
The committee will continue to investigate.
"The committee made a responsible decision based on the facts to date." Montgomery said. "It has not been proven that they are not guilty, nor do I believe that they are innocent.”
Montgomery added he would take the committee's decision to the council’s commission.
"It is possible that the student community ballot will then be sealed as well.” Pacini said.
When asked if Daily Trojan coverage of the appeals regarding illegal campaign procedures would affect the elections as a whole, Pacini said, "Publicity is publicity — I don’t know how closely people are watching the election or the Daily Trojan. It could work in either direction."
Security officers violate rule by appearing on KABC-TV news
Charles Robb and Russ Peterson, security officers, appeared on KABC-TV’s Eyewitness News Tuesday violating a regulation that requires officers to have the authorization of Carl Levredge, director of security and parking operations, before talking to the news media.
Robb received a 60-day suspension without pay effective March 13 for remarks he made on a KABC-TV report on campus crime which appeared in February.
Peterson received a reprimand for his part in the news report and said he had been warned by Levredge against discussing the Robb affair with the news media.
Both officers said they did not
talk with Levredge before the program.
“I don’t feel I have to get down on bended knee and ask for a constitutional right. The regulation is totally illegal,” Robb said.
Robb said the regulation is common to all police forces but that it has a different interpretation at the university. "Other forces don’t use it to stifle everything you say,” he said.
Robb told Wayne Satz, KABC-TV reporter, he didn’t
feel he had breached his obligation by talking to the press in February. “It was not a mistake.
I would do it again,” Robb said.
Michael Shaw, attorney for Robb and Peterson, said, “The rule is too broad.”
Peterson thinks the university is avoiding the real issue: crime on the campus. “Security is not adequately prepared to deal with the problem,” he said.
Asked why he appeared on the news report, Peterson said he had a moral obligation to his
friends on campus. “I’m tired of seeing them ripped off.” Peterson said it was only logical for him to expect some sort of disciplinary action from the university, but he was not certain what steps would be taken. Currently, he is on a one-day suspension without pay for a minor accident which he described as “a fender bender.” Robb was not worried about the consequences of his action. “Thirty officers have said they would be willing to take my
place as spokesman if I were terminated. They have assured me they would disregard the regulation even if they were threatened with termination as well,” he said.
The Los Angeles Superior Court will hear an injunction April 20 filed by Shaw on behalf of Robb, Peterson and Larry Kepiro, another security officer who appeared in the February report and received a reprimand.
The injunction will seek to prevent university administrators from threatening the officers with loss of employment or disciplinary action. A preliminary injunction was denied by the court commissioner April 3.
Daily t® Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 38 Los Angeles, California Wednesday, April 12, 1978

Fewer polling booths for student elections due to lack of workers
THE ONE AND ONLY—Trojan wearing the cape was a member of the winning team in Greek Week's chariot race. Only one fraternity entered the event, and consequently, they won. DT photo by Mark Kariya.
A lack of student volunteers has caused the reduction in the number of Student Senate polling booths from six to four this year, said Steve Pacini, chairman of the senate’s Joint Elections and Credentials Committee.
Pacini said his committee had relied on campus service groups, such as the Helenes and Phrateres, to provide manpower for the booths during the two-day election.
Booths were open Tuesday at Tommy Trojan, Troy Hall, Men’s Residence West and Founders Hall. Pacini said these polling places were opened based on a priority system that took into account the number of people who voted at each booth last year.
If there had been more workers booths would have been opened at Fagg Park, which is across from the Women’s Complex, and Vivian Hall of Engineering. Pacini was looking for volunteers to man the polls today.
A representative from the senate committee attended meetings of Helenes and Phrateres to seek participation on a work schedule for the polls. Pacini said there were not enough volunteers to insure the opening of all six booths.
Passage of tax-limitation initiative may prevent scholarship increases
By Carole Long
Staff Writer
Passing of the Jarvis-Gann tax-limitation initiative would prevent any future increases in state scholarships, said Betsy Bildsoe, administrative assistant to Morgan Adelle, executive director of the Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities.
"The initiative (if passed) will put such a burden on state treasury that it will be impossible for them to approve any increases in scholarships. They will be concentrating on cutting back,” Bildsoe said.
The present amount of state scholarship aid given to students attending a private institution ranges from $600-2.700. The maximum of $2,700 has existed for the past three years.
Last year the association presented governor Brown with a bill that would increase the maximum to $3200. Brown vetoed the bill in September, but a new bill with some modifications has been drafted and will have its first hearing April 19.
The new bill differs from the vetoed bill by increasing the maximum California State Scholar-
ship level to $3,000 instead of $3,200. The new maximum would affect both the new and renewal applicants, while the first bill only included new applicants.
“We feel more optimistic about this bill and have received indications that Brown will be more favorable to it,” Bildsoe said.
"But if the Jarvis-Gann initiative is passed then all our efforts will be for nothing and the maximum will remain the same indefinitely,” she said.
Leona Magidson, secretary-treasurer for the United Organization of Taxpayers, a property tax organization in support of the Jarvis Initiative, agreed that state scholarships would not be increased if the initiative is passed.
“The government is going to have to cut someplace and scholarship funds will probably be one area. We can’t go on giving out what we haven’t got. The golden egg just can’t give out any more." Magidson said.
Magidson felt, however, that the reduction of property taxes which the Jarvis-Gann Initiative supports, is more important than a cutback in state scholarship funds.
(continued on page 2)
The committee also asked for assistance from fraternities and sororities but did not receive any response, he said.
Some booth workers said many Helenes and Phrateres had volunteered because of the disorganized manner in which the committee asked for volunteers.
One Helenes member working in front of Tommy Trojan said volunteers were asked to make a two-day commitment to work when most people could work for only one day. She said the volunteers were asked to work the same hour each day, which was difficult because few people have the same class schedule two days in a row.
Workers in front of Men’s Residence West said they volunteered but no one on the election committee had explained to them what had to be done.
The workers were not told they were supposed to pick up the ballots themselves.
Pacini said members of the committee were asking anyone to man the booths.
Pacini said there should be enough people involved in student government to man the booths but they just would not do it. All the people assisting the senate should consider elections the most important part of the process, but it isn’t the case, Pacini said, adding that this problem shouldn’t exist.
Pacini called voter turnout moderate. Last year more than 2$% of the undergraduate population participated in the elections.
The results of elections will be released this evening if there are no appeals or complications, he said.
Commuter ballot count withheld pending ruling
The Student Senate’s Joint Elections and Credentials Committee has decided to leave the commuter ballots uncounted until a ruling is made on an appeal concerning five commuter candidates.
The ballots will be tallied after the President’s Advisory Council’s Commission on Elections and Credentials has made a decision.
"The President’s Advisory Council requested us to seal the ballot, and I think it was the fairest thing to do,” said Steve Pacini, chairman of the committee.
The committee considered two appeals Monday claiming campaign spending by the five commuters exceeded the $75-limit imposed by the Student Senate.
The commuters on the ticket are Dan Suruki. Michael Kulwiec, Chris Dombrowski, Nancy Somers and Mark Kaufman.
Pacini said the Council will make its decision by the beginning of next week.
Paul Montgomery, a senate candidate from the student community. appealed to the committee in Tuesday's meeting to investigate the campaign spendings of Steve Johnson and Lisa Lawrence, who are also running on a student community ticket.
Montgomery said Johnson and Lawrence had printed over 2,000 pamphlets that could not have cost less than $75.
After hearing Montgomery’s testimony, the committee decided the two candidates were not guilty of violating procedures based on the facts presented to date.
The committee will continue to investigate.
"The committee made a responsible decision based on the facts to date." Montgomery said. "It has not been proven that they are not guilty, nor do I believe that they are innocent.”
Montgomery added he would take the committee's decision to the council’s commission.
"It is possible that the student community ballot will then be sealed as well.” Pacini said.
When asked if Daily Trojan coverage of the appeals regarding illegal campaign procedures would affect the elections as a whole, Pacini said, "Publicity is publicity — I don’t know how closely people are watching the election or the Daily Trojan. It could work in either direction."
Security officers violate rule by appearing on KABC-TV news
Charles Robb and Russ Peterson, security officers, appeared on KABC-TV’s Eyewitness News Tuesday violating a regulation that requires officers to have the authorization of Carl Levredge, director of security and parking operations, before talking to the news media.
Robb received a 60-day suspension without pay effective March 13 for remarks he made on a KABC-TV report on campus crime which appeared in February.
Peterson received a reprimand for his part in the news report and said he had been warned by Levredge against discussing the Robb affair with the news media.
Both officers said they did not
talk with Levredge before the program.
“I don’t feel I have to get down on bended knee and ask for a constitutional right. The regulation is totally illegal,” Robb said.
Robb said the regulation is common to all police forces but that it has a different interpretation at the university. "Other forces don’t use it to stifle everything you say,” he said.
Robb told Wayne Satz, KABC-TV reporter, he didn’t
feel he had breached his obligation by talking to the press in February. “It was not a mistake.
I would do it again,” Robb said.
Michael Shaw, attorney for Robb and Peterson, said, “The rule is too broad.”
Peterson thinks the university is avoiding the real issue: crime on the campus. “Security is not adequately prepared to deal with the problem,” he said.
Asked why he appeared on the news report, Peterson said he had a moral obligation to his
friends on campus. “I’m tired of seeing them ripped off.” Peterson said it was only logical for him to expect some sort of disciplinary action from the university, but he was not certain what steps would be taken. Currently, he is on a one-day suspension without pay for a minor accident which he described as “a fender bender.” Robb was not worried about the consequences of his action. “Thirty officers have said they would be willing to take my
place as spokesman if I were terminated. They have assured me they would disregard the regulation even if they were threatened with termination as well,” he said.
The Los Angeles Superior Court will hear an injunction April 20 filed by Shaw on behalf of Robb, Peterson and Larry Kepiro, another security officer who appeared in the February report and received a reprimand.
The injunction will seek to prevent university administrators from threatening the officers with loss of employment or disciplinary action. A preliminary injunction was denied by the court commissioner April 3.
Daily t® Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 38 Los Angeles, California Wednesday, April 12, 1978